Hampden Stanley Bray Love (10 August 1895 – 22 July 1969) was an Australian

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er who played in one

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for the

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in 1933. He replaced

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as wicket-keeper for the Ashes match played at Brisbane after Oldfield retired hurt in the Adelaide test of the

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. Love made his debut for

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in the 1920–21 season but later switched to

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in order to gain more opportunities. He was Australia's second choice keeper for the first half of the 1930s but was unable to get a game due to

's keeping ability. He also was a more than useful batsman, hitting seven hundreds in 54 games with a top score of 192.

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